Classic war movies shown downtown

Downtown San Angelo is back in the movie business this Memorial Day weekend.

No, the Texas Theatre hasn’t reopened, but the big screen will flicker nearby with stars such as John Wayne, Cary Grant and Gary Cooper.

Three war classics will be shown on a portable movie screen in a parking lot on East Twohig Avenue south of the Cactus Hotel as part of a local “Tribute to our Military.”

The movies feature soldiers in World War I, World War II and the Vietnam War.

“In picking the movies, we chose films that weren’t filled with terrible, graphic violence and language,” said Rick Whitworth, manager of radio station KCSA 95.7 FM. “They are more centered around family entertainment.”